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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11604
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14866
13 Actual Demand 11293
14 Aggregate Planning 12335
15 Air Cargo 10235
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6746
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34999
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15413
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19424
20 Assembly Line 22768
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23128
22 Average Speed of Answer 26658
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23339
24 Batch Production 38689
25 Bill Discounting 14689
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11366
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7242
28 Blanket Release 10134
29 Bonded Warehouse 10161
30 Booking Number 13983
31 Bottleneck 9673
32 Buffer Stock 59598
33 Build to Stock 13122
34 Bullwhip Effect 9811
35 Business Logistics 25989
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12676
37 Capacity Management 41008
38 Capacity Utilization 14250
39 Capital Intensive 8555
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8900
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12255
42 Certified Supplier 9046
43 Channel Effectiveness 9028
44 Co-Destiny 9409
45 Co-managed Inventory 12686
46 Co-Packers 11883
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6986
48 Computer-Based Training 7779
49 Consular Invoice 19974
50 Container Depot 10701
51 Container Freight Station 10356
52 Continuous Replenishment 19683
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12187
54 Contract Carrier 7380
55 Contract of Affreightment 11520
56 Control Charts 8046
57 Cost Flow 10382
58 Courier Service 15383
59 CPFR 8318
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11913
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44445
62 Date Code 18472
63 Days of Supply 19981
64 Dead on Arrival 9464
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7402
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8229
67 Detective Control 9017
68 Devanning 14325
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11083
70 Dispatching 24749
71 Distributed Inventory 8453
72 Distribution Channel Management 35075
73 Distribution Metrics 9282
74 Distribution Planning 24349
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15384
76 Double Marginalization 52968
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22530
78 Dual 5508
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20737
80 Echelon Inventory 26372
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38406
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 50081
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7715
84 Efficient Frontier 25679
85 Engineer-to-Order 31933
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16731
87 Erlang B Formula 9448
88 ETD 8421
89 Ex Works 7914
90 Exception Rate 13643
91 Exponential smoothing 9919
92 External Growth 10199
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9623
94 Field Services 7810
95 Field Warehouse 10887
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8934
97 Fishbone Diagram 14730
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27276
99 Flow Through Distribution 12440
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8297
101 FOB Destination 13175
102 Forward buying 30372
103 Freight Charge 10501
104 Freight Consolidation 7609
105 Gantt Chart 8364
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11870
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29736
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12803
109 Hub 23590
110 Idle Time 8159
 
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